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The public is cordially invited to attend our 2010 annual spring concert.
Officers
Rehearsals
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The Mendelssohn Club of Kingston performs in and
around the city of Kingston. Each December we present a
standing-room-only concert at the venerable Old Dutch
Church,
our current rehearsal site. We have been fortunate to have the award-winning
Kingston High School Choir and Kingston High School Brass Choir perform
with us annually for the past 12 years.
The spring concert is held in late April or early May at St. James Church in Kingston. The club performs in a wide variety of musical styles, including sacred, classical, spiritual, theater, folk, popular, and operetta. The club was founded in 1903 and with the exception of the war years has presented performances annually. Previous conductors have included Albert G. Hunter, J. Anthony Hummel, and J. Brian Steeves. As stated in its bylaws, the club's purpose is "to promote interest in choral group singing...to promote friendship, sociability, and culture among friends of music...and to lawfully do any and all things necessary, suitable, and proper, for the accomplishment of these purposes." The club is pleased to be an active member of the Conductors Club and of the Mohawk-Hudson Male Chorus Association and is well represented in the Yankee Male Chorus, which performs annually in Vermont and New Hampshire. The club presented its 100th anniversary
concert on April 26, 2003, at
On April 24, 2004, MCK hosted the massed concert sponsored by the
Mr. Goodemote began teaching in the Kingston school system in 1969 and retired, as Deputy Superintendent, in 2001. Prior to moving into public school administration, he taught voice and music theory and served as J. Brian Steeves' assistant at Kingston High School. He received his B.F.A. in music education from the State University of New York (Buffalo) and earned an M.S. in educational administration from SUNY New Paltz. He is married to Patricia Webb and lives in Rhinebeck, New York.
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